Item Description: Front Street, U.S., 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Larry di Fiori (illustrator). 1st Edition. The second children's book by this career teacher. This copy carries an inscription from the author on title page: "To ___ and ___: with hopes that you never have a teacher with purple ankles" followed by his signature. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with minor wear at top of spine and soft crease on front flap. A lovely, signed copy of a book seldom seen with these attributes. Inscribed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000014

Item Description: Peace Institute Printing, 1982. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 6.8" X 4". First Edition, SIGNED by Larry Evans. Self-published artifact of a more trusting era, this copy has rode a ways in a backpack. Paperback with moderate soilage to cover and minor chips/mice bites along edge. Graphics on cover are unimpaired and clear. Other than author's SIGNATURE, the interior is clean and free of damage. Binding is tight. Nice copy for collecting; please request a photo if presentation value is important. RBB ships immediately and uses bubble-wrapping/boxes for packaging. Book contains "The Truth about Hitchhiking;" tips, stories, and facts about hitchhiking through Canada and the United States. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000070

Item Description: Troubador Press, San Francisco, 1979. First Edition. First Edition, limited to 750 unnumbered copies which include a previously unpublished Gorey illustration and puzzle by Evans. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED by Gorey on the title page.Fine and unread in black cloth covered boards with gilt titles, without dust jacket as issued.Toledano B64a. Bookseller Inventory # 131723

Item Description: Pittman Publishing, New York, 1965. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Chess grandmaster Larry Evans. Fine in a very good dust jacket. This is the first printing of the tenth edition of this classic work, which was the first time it was completely revised by Larry Evans. Rare signed and inscribed by this chess grandmaster. Larry Evans was the American chess grandmaster who won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than 20 books on chess. Modern Chess Openings explores the tactics he used to play against formidable opponents like Daniel Yanofsky or Bela Berger. Bookseller Inventory # 1631